Nārada Bhakti Sūtras / The glory of the chief love (महिमा) / 82
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the Nārada Bhakti Sūtras (नारद भक्ति सूत्रस्)
गुणमाहात्म्यासक्ति रूपासक्ति पूजासक्ति स्मरणासक्ति दास्यासक्ति सख्यासक्ति वात्सल्यसक्ति कान्तासक्ति आत्मनिवेदनासक्ति तन्मयतासक्ति परमविरहासक्ति रूपा एकधा अपि एकादशधा भवति guṇamāhātmyāsakti rūpāsakti pūjāsakti smaraṇāsakti dāsyāsakti sakhyāsakti vātsalyasakti kāntāsakti ātmanivedanāsakti tanmayatāsakti paramavirahāsakti rūpā ekadhā api ekādaśadhā bhavati
The line
Attachment to the greatness of the qualities, to the form, to worship, to remembering, to service, to friendship, to parental tenderness, to the beloved, to offering the self, to being made of that, and to the supreme separation: in form the love becomes one way, and also eleven ways.
नेपालीमा
गुणको महिमामा आसक्ति, रूपमा आसक्ति, पूजामा आसक्ति, स्मरणमा आसक्ति, दास्यमा आसक्ति, सख्यमा आसक्ति, वात्सल्यमा आसक्ति, कान्तामा आसक्ति, आफूलाई अर्पण गर्नुमा आसक्ति, तन्मय हुनुमा आसक्ति, परम विरहमा आसक्ति। प्रेमको रूप एक थरी पनि हुन्छ, एघार थरी पनि हुन्छ।
Where it sits
The shapes of the one love, in the glory of the chief love. The love of the previous line is the subject of bhavati (भवति).
Split: guṇamāhātmyāsakti (गुणमाहात्म्यासक्ति) + rūpāsakti (रूपासक्ति) + pūjāsakti (पूजासक्ति) + smaraṇāsakti (स्मरणासक्ति) + dāsyāsakti (दास्यासक्ति) + sakhyāsakti (सख्यासक्ति) + vātsalyasakti (वात्सल्यसक्ति) + kāntāsakti (कान्तासक्ति) + ātmanivedanāsakti (आत्मनिवेदनासक्ति) + tanmayatāsakti (तन्मयतासक्ति) + paramavirahāsakti (परमविरहासक्ति) + rūpā (रूपा) + ekadhā (एकधा) + api (अपि) + ekādaśadhā (एकादशधा) + bhavati (भवति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇamāhātmyāsakti (गुणमाहात्म्यासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to the greatness of the qualities. guṇa (गुण) plus māhātmya (माहात्म्य) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| rūpāsakti (रूपासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to the form. rūpa (रूप) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| pūjāsakti (पूजासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to worship. pūjā (पूजा) plus sakti (सक्ति). |
| smaraṇāsakti (स्मरणासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to remembering. smaraṇa (स्मरण) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| dāsyāsakti (दास्यासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to service. dāsya (दास्य) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| sakhyāsakti (सख्यासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to friendship. sakhya (सख्य) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| vātsalyasakti (वात्सल्यसक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment in parental tenderness. The print has a short a (अ), vātsalya (वात्सल्य) plus sakti (सक्ति), where the neighbors have āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| kāntāsakti (कान्तासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to the beloved. kāntā (कान्ता) plus sakti (सक्ति). |
| ātmanivedanāsakti (आत्मनिवेदनासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to offering the self. ātman (आत्मन्) plus nivedana (निवेदन) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| tanmayatāsakti (तन्मयतासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to being made of that. tanmayatā (तन्मयता) plus sakti (सक्ति). |
| paramavirahāsakti (परमविरहासक्ति) | nominative singular, feminine | attachment to the supreme separation. parama (परम) plus viraha (विरह) plus āsakti (आसक्ति). |
| rūpā (रूपा) | nominative singular, feminine | in form. Agrees with the love, bhakti (भक्ति), carried from the line before. |
| ekadhā (एकधा) | indeclinable | in one way. |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even. |
| ekādaśadhā (एकादशधा) | indeclinable | in eleven ways. |
| bhavati (भवति) | present third person singular | becomes. |
The phrases
Eleven feminine nominatives list the attachments. rūpā (रूपा) agrees with the love. ekadhā (एकधा) api (अपि) ekādaśadhā (एकादशधा) are the two ways bhavati (भवति) predicates of that love.
Sanskrit in this line
The edition's hyphens between the names are spaces. The line lists eleven attachments, then says the love is one and also eleven. vātsalyasakti (वात्सल्यसक्ति) is printed with a short a (अ).
Say it back
How many attachments are listed, and in how many ways is the love?